WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wad•mal
(wod′məl),USA pronunciation n.
- Textilesa bulky woolen fabric woven of coarse yarn and heavily napped, formerly much used in England and Scandinavia for the manufacture of durable winter garments.
- Old Norse vathmāl, equivalent. to vāth cloth (cognate with Old English wæd; see weed2) + māl measure (see piecemeal)
- Middle English 1350–1400
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